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Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame voters strike out on Tuffy Rhodes again

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jan 15, 2020

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame voters strike out on Tuffy Rhodes again

by Jason Coskrey

Tuffy Rhodes could be tough to figure out. Sometimes, he'd flash a big smile and crack jokes. Catch him in a good mood, and you might forget you weren't actually an old friend. Other times, Rhodes gave off an aura that said it'd be best ...

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame showing little respect for former NPB great Tuffy Rhodes

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jan 16, 2019

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame showing little respect for former NPB great Tuffy Rhodes

by Jason Coskrey

It's one thing for another year to pass with Tuffy Rhodes not yet even within shouting distance of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. But there has to be something in the voters' water for the American slugger to be left in the dust ...

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami highlights tough choices for upcoming Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame class

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 19, 2018

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami highlights tough choices for upcoming Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame class

For the first time in two years, there are no slam-dunk candidates on this winter's ballot for Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, the longtime second baseman and later third baseman for the Central League's Chunichi Dragons, is best positioned to receive the 75 ...

Famed slugger Tuffy Rhodes could face long road to Hall of Fame

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 22, 2017

Famed slugger Tuffy Rhodes could face long road to Hall of Fame

by Jim Allen

Although he was one of the most productive foreign imports to grace Japanese pro ball, it seems there is little chance Tuffy Rhodes will be inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame anytime soon. In 2001, Rhodes became the second player after legendary slugger Sadaharu ...

Kiyohara's troubles concern, sadden former teammates

Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Feb 13, 2016

Kiyohara's troubles concern, sadden former teammates

by Wayne Graczyk

Much has been written and reported since the Feb. 2 arrest of former Seibu Lions, Yomiuri Giants and Orix Buffaloes superstar slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara for possession and use of illegal drugs. "It's a shame," "What a waste" and "I can't believe it" are typical ...

Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Jan 23, 2016

Interpreters continue to play important role in NPB

by Wayne Graczyk

If I had known then what I know now, I would have taken Spanish in high school instead of French. It is not that I remember any of the French (I failed the course), but there are very few — if any — professional ...

Buffaloes take big gamble by giving up on veteran slugger Tuffy Rhodes

Baseball | SPORTS SCOPE Jan 26, 2010

Buffaloes take big gamble by giving up on veteran slugger Tuffy Rhodes

by Jason Coskrey

The Orix Buffaloes' decision to reel in So Taguchi instead of working things out with Tuffy Rhodes will either go down as cheap or shrewd. The Buffaloes signed former major leaguer Taguchi to a one-year deal worth an estimated ¥80 million on Saturday, all ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 24, 2010

Tuffy Rhodes expected to retire after Orix fails to offer him contract

Outfielder Tuffy Rhodes, who had been hoping to re-sign with the Orix Buffaloes for this coming season, has received no offers from the Pacific League club, Orix senior official Yoshio Murayama said Saturday. It means the 41-year-old Rhodes would most likely retire from professional baseball ...

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